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Caged Teacher

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A free teacher explores  Alternative methods to enhance her classroom  And her students want more  To interject metaphors  And philosophy to her students produces an encore  Obtaining adequate books and technology is not a chore  She can walk her halls feeling safe and secure  She teaches in liberty  And lessons flow freely downstream  But a teacher that walks  Down her narrow path to her bob wired class  Can seldom see pass the metal detectors  And the state mandated testing objectives  Her creativity is clipped  And her hands are tied  So she opens her mouth to speak  The caged teacher speaks  With a worried spiel  Of things unrevealed  But yearned for still  And her voice is heard  On a distant hill  For the caged teacher  Speaks of liberty  The free teacher thinks of another creative lesson  And the beauty of connecting life wi...

Is-ness

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I is who I is So you be who you be Offspring of a verb I am that I am Confining me is absurd Word My is-ness Is justice Mistaken purpose Futile interruptions In classified business I is who I is Go be who you be Stop purposing through me Projecting and deflecting Containing and blaming Lack luster A certified busta I is who I is So be who you be I’m free At peace Full of beauty Birthed in divinity I see I be Lovely I is me…